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Chapter 9: Imam Zain ul Abideen (a)
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Name
Title
Kunyat
Birth date
Father
Mother
Death
: Ali-ibn-ul Hussein (a)
: Zain-ul Abideen (The jewel of worshippers)
: Abu Muhammad
: 15th Jamadi-ul-Awwal, at Medina
: Hussein ibn Ali (a)
: bibi Shahr Bano (a), daughter of King Yazdigard II
: 25 th Muharram 95 AH. Poisoned by Waleed bin
Marwan
Buried
: Jannat-ul-Baqee, Medina.
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Imam (a) was the eldest son of Imam Hussein (a). His mother was the Persian
princess Bibi Shahr Bano(a). He spent the first two years of his life under the care of
his grandfather Imam Ali (a) and next 12 years under the guidance of his uncle Imam
Hasan (a).He was present in Karbala, where his father, relatives and the companions
of his father were martyred by the forces of Yazid.
At the time, he was too ill to fight and was thus protected by Allah to continue the line
of Imamat. Imam (a) lived 34 years after his father and all his life was passed in
prayers to Allah and in the remembrance of tragedy of Karbala. His habit of frequent
prostration in Sajdah caused him to be known as SAJJAD. He was also called
ABID.
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